TAUGHBOYNE

In 1868, the parish of Taughboyne contained the following places:

"TAUGHBOYNE, a parish in the barony of Raphoe, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, containing the villages of St. Johnstown and Creaghdoos. Bogay is its post town. The parish includes a considerable portion of bog, but the arable soil is good. The river Foyle traces part of its eastern boundary. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Raphoe, value £1,436. The church was built in 1626. There are a dispensary, a Roman Catholic chapel, a parochial and several other day and Sunday schools. Mongavlin Castle is the principal seat. The ancient borough of St. Johnstown, in this parish, was founded by St. Baithen in the 6th century."

"CARRICKMORE, a hamlet in the parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe, in the county of Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles to the E. of Raphoe. It is seated on the banks of the river Foyle, close to the Londonderry and Enniskillen railway."

"ST. JOHNSTOWN, a post-office village and decayed market town, in the parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 8½ miles N.W. of Lifford. It is situated on the W. bank of the river Foyle, and contains a dispensary within the Derry Poor law Union. There are a Presbyterian meeting-house and schools. This place sprang up at the plantation of Ulster, and Louis Duke of Lennox obtained a charter of incorporation for it from James I. Its market is now discontinued. A fair is held in November. In the vicinity are the remains of Montgevelin Castle, where James II. held his court during the siege of Londonderry.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018